Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Secretary of the Agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Bauchi that the cases were recorded in five local government areas of the state.
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The NCDC disclosed the information during its routine situation report of Lassa Fever outbreak in the country in Abuja.
Dr. Janet Angbazo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, disclosed this at a news conference in Lafia on Friday.
In the advisory, the Director-General, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said people of all age groups who come in contact with the urine, faeces, saliva or blood of rats are at risk of getting Lassa fever.
The Leader of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control National Rapid Response team working in Benue State, Ikechukwu Oradu, disclosed this during a visit to the Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, at the Government House in Makurdi on Tuesday
The NCDC made this known on its official website on Thursday night.
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, expressed the concern in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
Chioma Dan-Nwafor, the Technical Lead for Lassa fever at the NCDC, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi on Saturday, noted that Lassa fever remains deadlier than Coronavirus Disease
According to available details, no fewer than 110 persons have lost their lives in strange circumstances in the area in the last two weeks
Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi on Wednesday
The NCDC said this represents a Case Fatality Rate of 18.9 per cent
The National Centre for Disease Control, the Nigerian agency responsible for management of disease outbreaks, says Lassa fever death toll has increased to 161.
The National Youth Service Corps in Ebonyi State has incorporated measures aimed at preventing Coronavirus and Lassa Fever in its ongoing orientation of 2020 Batch A Corps members.
The death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 144, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Thursday, with a Case Fatality Rate of 16.8 per cent.
The Lagos State Government says it would on March 13, 2020 begin an eight-week massive deratization and fumigation of no fewer than 27 model colleges with hostel facilities, abattoirs and slaughter houses, agricultural produce markets as well as regular markets in the State.
Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, says the Lassa fever index patient has been discharged from the isolation ward.
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos says no patient with Lassa fever or COVID-19 symptoms was admitted into its health facility.
Shaibu, who gave the assurance in Benin on Saturday at the state’s Infectious Disease Isolation Centre, Department of Disease Control, said the state had effectively dealt with Lassa fever
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital says it is fully prepared to collaborate with the State Government to contain the spread of Coronavirus outbreak, which has been confirmed in the state.